Lovastatin Production by Aspergillus terreus Using Agro-Biomass as Substrate in Solid State Fermentation

Table 2

Effect of SSF on cellulose and hemicellulose contents of RS and OPF (% of dry mater).

Treatments	A. terreus ATCC 20542		A. terreus ATCC 74135
	Cellulose	H-cellulose	Cellulose	H-cellulose
Nonfermented RS	44.97±0.22^ab	21.50±1.16^a	44.97±0.22^a	21.50±1.16^a
Fermented RS (FRS)	46.83±2.12^a	18.06±1.20^bc	45.12±0.23^a	13.13±0.79^b
FRS plus mineral	45.80±0.67^ab	19.63±0.80^ab	44.91±0.72^a	12.38±0.76^b
FRS plus mineral and urea	40.70±2.52^c	16.96±1.78^dc	41.97±0.61^b	9.21±1.05^c
FRS plus mineral and ammonium sulphate	42.72±3.69^bc	15.11±1.65^d	40.97±0.51^c	7.79±2.50^c
Significant	*	**	**	**
Nonfermented OPF	46.76±0.34^a	18.13±1.83	46.76±0.34^a	18.13±1.83
Fermented OPF (FOPF)	43.22±2.59^b	19.36±0.31	46.23±1.17^a	15.66±1.05
FOPF plus mineral	43.04±1.28^𝑏	15.82±2.92	45.34±0.95^ab	15.01±0.82
FOPF plus mineral and urea	42.37±1.92^b	16.90±0.15	43.40±0.89^b	15.40±0.62
FOPF plus mineral and ammonium sulphate	44.66±0.54^ab	18.30±1.80	43.59±1.69^b	15.00±1.51
Significant	*	NS	*	NS

NS: not significantly different.
*Significantly different at 5% level.
**Significantly different at 1% level.
^a,b,c indicating that means within column are significantly different.